Valve turner



w. J. cook VALVE mum Original Filed Oct. 7, 1921 INVENTOR VW/fam J600/?- ATTORNEY WILLIAM J. COOK, OF BROOKLYN, REF-F7 1 02K, ASSIGHOB, BYMESNE ASSIGNT/IENTS,

TO THE AUTOLZO'IIVE SPECTALTY OGR'EOBATICN, OF KEV] YORK, N, Y., ACORPORA- TION OF NEW YORK.

VALVE TURNER,

Application filed Gctober 7, 1921, Serial No. 505,999.

To ((ZZ whom it may conccm:

Be it known that I. rimmer J. COOK, a citizen or the United States, andresident of borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valve Turners.-

The device the subject 01 this invention which I hav termed a valveturner is intended as a means for operating valves or pet-cocks and moreparticularly the latter and when so positioned as not to be readilyreached by the hand of the operator.

Pet-cocks so positioned are found on automobiles and numerous othermachines or devices, and on automobiles T have in mind particularly thegear case draining means and the valve employed for draining theradiator and also the cook or valve employed for draining certain typesof transmissions or clutch cases where light oil is used as thelubricant.

The particular advantages of this invention and its method oi operationwill be set forth in the specification which follows, and theaccompanying drawing should be referred to for a full and completeunderstanding of the specification.

in the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, and

Fig. 2 is an end elevation partly in section. the view and section beingtaken on the line and arrows 22 in Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures wherethey appear.

At 1, 1 indicate a staff or body member that may be of any length. Thismember is preferably formed 01": wire or metal rod of any desiredthickness and at one end of this rod I form a ring or hand member 2,which may be utilized for holding or supporting the device or forrotating when rotary motion shall be desired.

At the opposite end of the member 1, the rod is turned into a flattenedcoil, the convolutions of which are close together, and the extreme endof the rod should be cut at an an le as indicated at 3, so as to preventthe formation of a projection or abutment which would result if the rodwere cut straight off.

Any number or convolutions may be made, but in the drawing I show threecomplete turns each extending approximately equal distances from theaxial center of the ro 1,

Renewed 0ctober'4, 1924.

and as shown at 5 and i in Fig. 2 and it will also be noted that thefirst convolution is bent inward as shown at 6 so that the rod willextend away from the center line of the flattened coil.

The flattened coil produces a socket well adapted to receive the head orthumb-piece of a key valve or pet-cock, and the return bends or loops 7and 8 extending as they do around the ends will prevent the thumbpiecefrom passing from between the flattened portions of the coil and alsowill sustain the device, retaining it upon the valve head and preventingthe tool from dropping away from the valve thus making the operationmuch less difiicult.

Upon the'statf 1 and loop or handle 2 I provide a plurality of lines andnumerals as indicated at 9 and 10. These lines 9 are spacedpredetermined distances apart and the numerals may be arranged in seriesor i any other manner or other markings may be employed and I preferthat the lines should be so spaced as to indicate the amount ofgasoline, oil, or other liquid contained in a tank not provided with agage.

Upon the staii 1, I also arrange a pointed spoon member 11, the innerend of which is provided with parallel enlarged portions 12, which arepivoted to the stall 1 by means oi a pin 13. This spoon member may beformed of sheet metal that has a certain degree of resiliency and theenlarged portions arranged one on each side of the staff 1, are eachprovided with inward depressions 14.- and 15 which engage the stafi 1 atone side thereof retaining the staff between the abutment and theshoulder or body of the spoon to hold the spoon member in eitherposition that shown in full lines which is the operable position, orthat shown in dotted lines which is the closed position.

This spoon member is used to clean out or clear the passage through avalve or cook, and has the advantage that it will not push the dirt ordust back into the oil tank as does a rod or pin.

The number of convolutions and the width and length of the flattenedcoil may be changed at will, and other modifications may be made withinthe scope of the appended claims without departing from the principle orsacrificing the advantages of the invention.

Having described my invention What I a rod turned intoa flattened spiralto 10 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent form a socketthereon, the inner end of said is as follows: spiral being bent inwardto the axial center 1. Means for operating a Valve comprisof said socketand a ring-shaped operating ing a rod turned into a flattened spiral tohandle formed on said inner end. form a socket, the inner end of saidspiral Signed at the city, county and State of 15 being bent inward toapproximately the New York, this 9th day of September, 1921. center ofsaid socket.

2. Means for operating a valve conipris- WILLIAM J. COQK.

